Notre Dame Law students assist with expungement process for ex-offenders
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME STORIES — When St. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter hosted an expungement clinic last year for people with criminal records in the county, he expected maybe a dozen people would show up. When he was wrong about that — and boy, was he wrong — he was grateful for the Notre Dame Law…
Read More about Notre Dame Law students assist with expungement process for ex-offendersFordham Law Rule of Law Clinic researches the impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law launched the new Rule of Law Clinic, overseen by Dean Emeritus and Norris Professor of Law John D. Feerick ’61 and Visiting Clinical Professor John Rogan’ 14. The clinic’s students conduct research and participate in a weekly class. They focus on the legal and political issues related to Northern Ireland.
Read More about Fordham Law Rule of Law Clinic researches the impact of Brexit on Northern IrelandFordham Law launches Honorable Ruben Martino Memorial Fellowship to support students in public interest summer internships
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — For years, the Bronx County Family Court would transform on Tuesdays from a courtroom into the unlikeliest of dance floors. Promptly at 1 p.m., Judge Ruben Martino would end the court’s sessions, and with the help of his staff, including Court Officer Jermel Singleton ‘22, push chairs and tables aside.
Read More about Fordham Law launches Honorable Ruben Martino Memorial Fellowship to support students in public interest summer internshipsA look at Georgia State University Law’s pro bono program
GEORGIA STATE NEWS — The College of Law offers students numerous opportunities to get hands-on experience, from the service project at orientation to clinics. One of the most fulfilling ways for students to practice classroom concepts is through pro bono work. Since its founding, students have given more than 3,000 hours of service.
Read More about A look at Georgia State University Law’s pro bono programGeorgia State University Law student Madison Hayes describes experience in disability rights clinic
GEORGIA STATE NEWS — Madison Hayes (J.D. ’22) spent every career day growing up in a blazer with a legal pad and coffee mug because “that’s what lawyers do.” Hayes knew early on that she wanted to be an attorney, partially because she was known in her family to be skilled at arguing.
Read More about Georgia State University Law student Madison Hayes describes experience in disability rights clinicUniversity of Houston Law students Nicholas Martinez and Matthew Rando successfully mediate international custody case
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Through the Hague Convention Mediation Program, second-year University of Houston Law Center students Nicholas Martinez and Matthew Rando recently resolved a case involving a parent who breached custody rights by illegally removing a child outside of their country of habitual residence.
Read More about University of Houston Law students Nicholas Martinez and Matthew Rando successfully mediate international custody caseNotre Dame Law Exoneration Justice Clinic overturns wrongful conviction of client
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — An order overturning a wrongful murder conviction and granting a new trial, pursued for several years by students and faculty in Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic, was affirmed by the Indiana Court of Appeals last week in a 50-page opinion.
Read More about Notre Dame Law Exoneration Justice Clinic overturns wrongful conviction of clientStetson Law students win Florida Bar Foundation Pro Bono Law School Challenge
PATCH FLORIDA — The Florida Bar Foundation announced the winners of the 2021 Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge April 5, and Stetson University College of Law won the top honor, the MVP Pro Bono Champion Award, for matching the most students with its own alumni.
Read More about Stetson Law students win Florida Bar Foundation Pro Bono Law School ChallengeNew law firm coalition denounces and challenges voting restrictions in Georgia and Texas
ABA JOURNAL — Law firms are getting involved in the controversy over voting restrictions, already passed in Georgia and under consideration in Texas. Leaders of 62 of the nation’s top 100 law firms have signed a statement denouncing voting restrictions, as have 19 general counsels, report Law.com and Bloomberg Law.
Read More about New law firm coalition denounces and challenges voting restrictions in Georgia and TexasUniversity of Minnesota Law students provide racial justice legal aid and civic education through Legal Rights Center
MINNESOTA LAW — Minnesota Law 1Ls Mica Standing Soldier, Emanual Williams, and Tony Sanchez were already planning to join classmates and others expected at protests during the murder and manslaughter trials of fired Minneapolis police officers in the killing of George Floyd.
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